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Central government gross debt, quarterly (World Bank QPSD): South Africa

The latest reading SOTW holds for South Africa is 361,105 USD mn for 2026-Q1, from World Bank.

Source series · Listed tier · Fiscal & Monetary · Quarterly · USD mn · WB.L.QPSD.CG.DEBT.USD.Q · ZAF

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Latest
361,105
USD mn · 2026-Q1
Previous
350,671
USD mn · 2025-Q4
Earliest held
116,622
USD mn · 2010-Q1
Readings shown
65
Every reading SOTW holds

South Africa · history

USD mn · Quarterly

Source: World Bank. Viewer read 2026-11-12T03:20:09.296Z (UTC); publisher acquisition and release times are not supplied here. Original units; no interpolation, rebasing or conversion. Missing periods and stored U/B flags interrupt the line. Daily gaps can include non-business days.

Readings, newest first

Central government gross debt, quarterly (World Bank QPSD): South Africa: 65 readings, newest first. Source: World Bank.
PeriodValue (USD mn)
2026-Q1361,105
2025-Q4350,671
2025-Q3333,922
2025-Q2317,761
2025-Q1300,934
2024-Q4291,521
2024-Q3308,041
2024-Q2286,118
2024-Q1268,648
2023-Q4271,070
2023-Q3262,148
2023-Q2246,157
2023-Q1261,514
2022-Q4271,442
2022-Q3254,128
2022-Q2268,362
2022-Q1285,880
2021-Q4264,667
2021-Q3270,861
2021-Q2280,690
2021-Q1263,703
2020-Q4259,045
2020-Q3218,897
2020-Q2197,406
2020-Q1178,816
2019-Q4220,930
2019-Q3199,797
2019-Q2201,262
2019-Q1189,361
2018-Q4188,836
2018-Q3187,485
2018-Q2186,671
2018-Q1206,646
2017-Q4197,231
2017-Q3176,850
2017-Q2174,549
2017-Q1166,211
2016-Q4161,717
2016-Q3153,583
2016-Q2139,948
2016-Q1134,769
2015-Q4138,439
2015-Q3148,968
2015-Q2161,499
2015-Q1157,514
2014-Q4164,418
2014-Q3162,451
2014-Q2163,605
2014-Q1159,709
2013-Q4158,805
2013-Q3158,229
2013-Q2149,971
2013-Q1158,295
2012-Q4168,733
2012-Q3165,090
2012-Q2162,965
2012-Q1166,975
2011-Q4153,384
2011-Q3147,518
2011-Q2161,797
2011-Q1155,266
2010-Q4150,849
2010-Q3136,936
2010-Q2120,585
2010-Q1116,622

Source: World Bank. All 65 readings held, 2010-Q1 to 2026-Q1. n/a means the source value is missing or withheld.

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